Pilgrims' Patter
The Forum => The B-Ark => Topic started by: Anita Goodsheet on August 28, 2009, 09:51:38 PM
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I dont like to dwell on the past but as ive got nothing to moan about i thought id post this extract from the crawley observer...... bless him
Much to my surprise I had an old friend pop into The Broadfield Stadium to catch up with me for a chat late last week, he was in the area for a veterans cricket county match.
Here was a man who has managed and coached at the very top level of football, managed his country (Wales) and won the FA Cup as a manager (Wimbledon), it was of course Bobby Gould.
Here is a man I have known for over 15 years, a true gentleman in life and even he was impressed with the stadium and the facilities we have.
Around 18 months ago, Bobby tried to get me to join him in New Zealand where he was coaching but I had to turn that opportunity down as I had already started my project at Crawley Town but I do get the feeling I will work alongside this great man one day.
The Special One
Steve Evans
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He really is a co#k
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A complete and utter Steve Evans of the highest order.
And a self confessed liar.
And a convicted criminal.
And a proven cheat.
And people celebrated like we'd won the World Cup when he returned 'home' to BUFC.
Does anyone here stand next to or knows someone who cheered when 'The Messiah' returned?
If you do ask them how they can call themselves fans of Boston Utd, because its beyond me.
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i did,cheer that is,and it wasnt long before i was obviously proved mistaken about the man i was then cheering for.albeit andy i am a boston fan and proud of it....see ya at guiseley lads
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I doubt very much whether SE is capable of recognizing a 'true gentleman'.
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I cheered - sorry I'm not good enough to be a "fan" - honestly can't some of you move on and forget the past. We've cut all ties with those crooks and still people moan and moan and fecking moan - can't you people go hide away in some cupboard while the rest of us fans concerntrate on supportting our team. Whether some of us welcomed him or didnt - that don' make us any less of a fan.
We should do an Evans swear like cup on here - mention that wankers name and you have to cough up a £1 donation to the club.
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I'm with PoL on this one - I was happy when he came back but I didn't understand what he had done first time round. Some of us in better positions..Mr B..should have passed on what we were letting ourselves into. In fact, I'm sure I read on impstalk forum a while back from someone called "TIKAAB" that he was drawn in when the Evans contingent came back.
And I'll see you on Monday PoL with my pound, half way line Spain Lane.
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I don't want to put a pound in everytime I use the E word as I'll soon run out of money. So I'll try and find another way to put my point across....
When Avens came back to the club a lot of fans did cheer. But in my opinion that had something to do with the negative football that we'd been playing under Neil Thompson. I don't want to criticise Thommo as he generally did a good job in very difficult circumstances after the points deduction, and his track record with the Leeds Academy has since confirmed his credentials as a good coach. But on the field I felt that we were going out too often "not to lose" as opposed to trying to win. And it wasn't by any means the best football we've ever seen.
Avens had a more attacking style - immediately bringing in the likes of Danny Thomas and David Noble and reinstating fans favourite of the time Mark Angel. The football was much better to watch and so of course some people cheered. Fans may have known that these "better" players were costing more money, but none of us had sight of the club's books and the true extent to which our club was getting into debt only became apparent later.
The return of Avens was a mistake that almost brought about the death of the club. And there's no way that would have been a price worth paying. But I don't think its right to criticise fans for (a) appreciating better football, or (b) not having the benefit of hindsight at the time.
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Yes a good point, no one could forsee the sheer extent of damage that was to become.
But he is still a co*k
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I believed in giving people a second chance, just a shame he took that second chance and threw it back in our faces.
15 yrs he says? So he knew Gould in 1994 when he was where, Stamford?
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I cheered quite loudly i'm afraid. Mind you not the first or last mistake i'll make I am sure.
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A little quote from Ken's "Fans on the Net"
I have been a Pilgrim for 23 years and long to witness again a team parading a championship trophy around York Street. Hopefully this will be achieved under Steve Evans astute leadership. All we need is for the club to get it right off the pitch and all our dreams will be realised. I attend all home games and away games when possible (most Saturdays).
People in glasshouses shouldn't throw stones? Hindsight is a wonderful gift. Some people need to move on and accept that mistakes were made long ago at this club, mistakes that are well on there way to being rectified by far better people than we have had at this club for a while?
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What a surprise, that line's dragged out again...... >:( That was written in 1998, a long while before all the rubbish came out, but lets not let that get in the way eh?
The fact is only an idiot, or as it turned out a bunch of idiots could see what would happen when he came back. Sadly too many people were in his pocket or happy to listen to his shit over the sensible comments of others to see what was coming. By the time it was clear he and his gang had bugger all interest in the club and were only here to fill their pockets it was too late. The only positive out of it all is the majority of the superfans who latched onto the club for 3 or 4 years thankfully fecked off back to their previous lives.
At least when I walk into York St and see us in this fecking shit Unibond League my conscience is clear, there's plenty who can't say the same.......
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Shodfried wonder who were those two idiots in Spain Lane with the anti Evans banner ;D
Any way would the NZ passport control allow a fraudster and cheat in their country?
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Its going to be a pretty incredible atmosphere when we play his team...
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It WILL happen BG, football has a way of throwing these things up, sooner rather than later.
Wonder if there will be a crowd around him pre-match presenting him with bottles of champagne? ???
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Do you think he'd ever have the front to show his face in this town again?
I know Rodwell has more than once but he wasn't the mouthpiece, he was the puppet.
I think police advice would be for him to stay away, there's too many people out there hate him for it to be safe for him to come to a game here.
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The puppet goes to see the Doc about his poorly knee ;D
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I have to admit to being stupidly deluded and therefore happy at the return of Scottish Sumo. I did however feel the treatment of our previous management team (Thompson & Redfern) was a total disgrace, two decent football men with honest & integrity who worked wonders in very difficult times.
It did'nt take me long though to see the gloss wearing thin and smell the bullshit, the dressing room was lost, players playing for their own futures and not for the joke set up (Franny Green's words not mine). The figures did'nt add up either with the likes of Joachim, Kirk, Gasgoigne, Whelan and Futcher playing for a club with such modest gates for that level.
Anyway, as we all know it all came crashing down around us and when i read some of his programme notes from his disasterous reign it's embarassing, bullshit, excuses, sad pathetic name dropping (Jan Molby, Brian Talbot, Tony Pulis, Neil Warnock and even Big Keef bless his was accused of being a mate! Poor bugger).
As i sit here now with our team in second place in the league with a fantastic chairman & board, great managers, young & hungry squad of players and above all else a fantasic set of supporters i would'nt swap this for the dark days in a million years. We may never see the football league again and it took me ages to accept our demise but im proud of my club again and everything it stands for.
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Interesting today that the 'Special one' admitted that his team were poor defensively against Grays Athletic but did of course go onto blame this on a glut of injuries and players having to play in the wrong positions (naturally as you do!)
Referee was one S Ross from Boston.
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Fantastic post rocket
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Here's some advice to Gould and any others who meet and shake hands with Heavens, Count your fingers to make sure you still have what you started with, remove anything of value from fingers before shaking hands and lastly check your watch is still there and you still have all your gold fillingsin your teeth.